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Inside the empress dowager's palace, the incense burned brightly.

After taking off her luxurious clothes, she should have had a good night's sleep, yet when the palace maids came to report, it was instead the Madam Liu who came.

"Forget it, let her in."

The empress rested her forehead against the soft couch, her body covered in a soft blanket intertwined with gold and silver threads.

Madam Liu bowed and sat down.

Seeing the empress's tired expression, Madam Liu told her his thoughts for the day. The empress reluctantly opened her eyes, and elegantly looked around before landing her gaze on Madam Liu with a slight smile on her face.

"In this world, only bloodlines are trustworthy. Even if this Seventh Prince is unable to stand up, he might not be able to be of use to me."

Although Madam Liu was a member of the Liu Family, she also had her own daughter. If her own daughter could become the Queen of the Future, she would have to make a good plan for her daughter and not let her leave empty-handed in the courtyard.

"There is no need for His Highness to be of service to us. As long as he does not interfere in the future and does not work for other princes, he has already helped His Highness the Crown Prince." The Madam Liu was a little selfish as he said, "The Crown Prince's evaluation in the imperial court is already a little off. Furthermore, His Highness is currently not living in the imperial palace, so he is unable to be watched by the Empress every day. Recently, Fourth Prince Xiao Yiran has been quite proud and has brought up a lot of ideas for a few days, which made the Emperor very happy.

As she spoke, the drowsiness in the empress's eyes vanished.

Xiao Ze was already an adult and lived in the Crown Prince's Palace, it was out of her control. Although she was greedy for beauty, she did not delay her business, but in the eyes of others, everything had become a bargaining chip for him to dismount.

In addition, her Liu Family and the Gu Family of Prime Minister's Mansion were now considered as branches of the Liu Family. They were the strongest family, and they had already attracted a lot of dissatisfaction.

It was time to stabilize her position, but if she were to recruit her into the Seventh Prince, the Emperor would definitely be suspicious, and she was afraid that the Emperor would see her ambition, and actually pull her down from her position as the Queen.

Many things happened in such a jumbled manner that it made him momentarily silent.

Madam Liu only felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

"Now that we have too much momentum, it's easy for us to become the target of others. Now it's time for us to give up." Just as the Madam Liu's heart was thumping, thinking about her daughter, she lost the way to get close to the crown prince. Hearing the empress's voice, she said, "However, in the end, it is still difficult for me to directly send Zi Yan to the crown prince's side.

Madam Liu immediately beamed a bright smile and hurriedly agreed.

Originally, Gu Ziyan could have tried to get close to the crown prince as per normal, but now that the two families were in a position of power, it made him unsatisfied.

The day Gu Zhiyuan let his own direct daughter become the Crown Prince's consort, many of the ministers were angered. Later, when they found out that the Seventh Prince and Gu Mingyan had both died, they asked for a marriage. Only then, did they get a good look from the ministers.

But Gu Ziyan was the best looking sun, he could not wait.

It seemed like the Empress knew of this matter as well. For such an outstanding female of the same generation as Gu Ziyan, the Madam Liu s would not be able to find her anymore.

With the empress's approval, Madam Liu would naturally be able to accomplish a lot of things in the future.

The empress, on the other hand, was glad that she didn't embarrass Gu Mingyan today. She thought that since the emperor liked the Seventh Prince and this countryside girl, since she had decided to rope them in, it would be better for the good to do it to the end so that the emperor would be more satisfied.

After the Madam Liu left, the empress changed her clothes and stood up, instructing the personal palace maid by her side: "Today, big miss Prime Minister's Mansion saved the Fourth Prince's life for a great merit, shouldn't you give her a good reward?"

"Of course. This servant will send someone to wait outside the imperial palace to report this matter."

The palace maid immediately understood what the empress meant and quickly left.

Standing under the eaves, with the moonlight obscured and the dark clouds pressed down, it seemed as if a fourth snowfall was about to fall.

The empress stood under the eaves, unwilling to enter the hall for a long time.

I hope that this will be the way the Emperor wishes it to be.

It was getting late and the winter feast was about to end.

After Gu Ziyan left the Madam Liu, she had been feeling uneasy ever since she had returned and had repeatedly turned her gaze towards Gu Mingyan, who was in Xiao Qiran's embrace. This eldest sister was even better looking than herself, and in the short span of a few days since she had come to the Shengan, she had already captured the heart of a prince.

Furthermore, he had been feeling wronged that he had spent more than ten years of his life concentrating on the art of zither, chess, calligraphy, and poetry. He could not even compare to the four words "adorable"!

This was really infuriating!

However, thinking about the big picture, she had no choice but to endure. For a moment of hesitation, she actually stayed awake the entire time.

He then looked up and saw that Gu Mingyan had at some point stood up from Xiao Qiran's bosom, laughing calmly as he walked around the area, holding onto something as though it was a treasure, he chuckled causing many people to look over, only to see that under the red candle in the night, there was a sheet of white and light gold, but the eyes were reflected in the firelight, it was extremely beautiful.

"I got the first snow! This snow is for me! "

Gu Mingyan excitedly watched the small snowflake melt in his palm, and gently kissed the cold water stain.

Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince were shocked by her sudden action. They had not even said a few words, when they saw the undisguised smile blooming on her face. It was more like multicolored fireworks that cut across the sky on New Year's Day.

As for her skirt, it drew a long arc in the air. Her unclear mind was already ordering her to chase down another small snowflake. She was laughing nonstop at the snowflake.

On the other hand, Xiao Yiran came over with clarity. He looked at the figure walking around excitedly with a piece of melted snow in her hands, and could not help but laugh.

To be able to see such a simple smile in the palace, it was truly not easy.

Just as the palace maids and eunuchs were about to come forward to stop them, they saw Seventh Prince using his Qi to stand up, the scorching heat and uncontrollable Qi dispersed in all directions, and a few snowflakes that could be seen with the naked eye tumbled and flew away from his body. His clothes moved slightly, but he still walked forward to pull them back.

"Stop messing around."

Xiao Qiran only lightly patted her shoulder, and in front of everyone's eyes, he shouldn't be so overbearing.

"But this snow is for me. I have to watch."

As if the person beside him was warm, Gu Mingyan turned his body and saw that familiar face, and then revealed a meaningful smile: "It's my snow."

"Good, good, good. It's yours."

Xiao Qiran helplessly nodded his head in agreement, and also had to control his strength to prevent himself from hurting her. He could only hold her icy cold hand.

"The snow tomorrow morning will be even better."

"Then, Your Highness, please watch it with me. Also, Sister Shuang Hua, I want to tell her that this is my snow!"

Gu Mingyan obediently allowed him to hold onto it, and didn't forget to wave at Shuang Hua who was not far away.

The wisp of icy cold snow water in his palm merged into the two people's palms and vanished without a trace.